Property owners dispute claims by Shelter that up to 150,000 tenants face eviction when the ban ends on 23rd August.

"It's now or never!" Wealthy city dwellers are desperate to buy rural retreats in the aftermath of COVID-19, Knight Frank research shows.

MHCLG official contacts senior industry figures to say that new Covid restrictions in the city do not apply to housing market.

The Guild advises members in Leicester what they can and cannot do under the new lockdown rules, and states the advice will apply to future situation too.

High profile industry players offer guidance to landlords and tenants in an attempt to slow the rent arrears train coming down the track.

Announcement to begin hearings to progress evictions is made in the House of Lords by housing Minister of State, Lord Greenhalgh.

The Negotiator talked to two estate agencies in the city both of whom have either branches or territories both within and without the restrictions zone.

The agent, who wishes to remain anonymous, gives a detailed run-down of her treatment by managers at Spicerhaart including unexplained and significant deductions from her final payslip.